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".....The Love Of Many Will Grow Cold"

In reading the context, there's no question that the societal conditions discussed in the first part of Matthew 24 came to pass before the destruction of Jerusalem. However, similar conditions will exist before the second coming as well (cf. 2 Timothy 3:11-13). The rising persecution and hatred from without the body of Christ as well as the deteriorating conditions within the body of Christ, are remarkable similar in describing both events.

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